Ceylon in 1884; The Leading Crown Colony of the British Empire, with an Account of the Progress Made Since 1803 Under successive British Governors, and the Present Condition of its Agricultural and Commercial Enterprises; …

8°. With 1 b/w engraved portrait of Sir A. Gordon, governor of Ceylon (frontispiece), many further b/w illustrations and plates (incl. 1 fold-out plate) and 1 map (missing). XI, 253 pp., 1 l., 32 pp.Illustrated cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. – With much statistical information. – Contents: Past history. The island in 1803-1815. Legislative and social improvements by successive British governors. Native agricultural interests. Origin and rise of the planting industry. New products. Present prospects for capitalists in Ceylon. Attractions for the traveller and visitor. Revenue and expenditure of Ceylon. Etc. – The illustrations show: Vignettes of governors of Ceylon. New harbour of Colombo (fold-out plate). Cocoanut plantation. General view of a coffee estate. Banyan tree. Wild elephants. Sinhalese man and woman. Kandian chieftain. Devil dancer. Etc.

Map MISSING. Binding used and with 1 stamp. 1 stamp on the reverse of the frontispiece, on the reverse of the title page, on the dedication page and on the final page. 2 stamps on the title page. Contents at the binding with 1 crack, binding of contents a bit loose. Binding a bit rust stained. Paper foxed. Back hinge cracked.

€70,00